Car park chivalry nets charity £2,000

The money was used to help fund £200,000 of care in Norfolk

An anonymous woman donated £2,000 to charity after a cancer sufferer's husband gave her 60p to buy a car park ticket.

Mick Ludbrook offered to help the woman after he met her in a car park near his home in Norwich in July when she told him she did not have enough change for the ticket machine.

He gave her 60p and the mystery woman asked how she could repay 68-year-old Mr Ludbrook, a volunteer for Marie Curie Cancer Care for the past 10 years.

Mr Ludbrook, who cares for his wife Janet who suffers from the disease, suggested a donation to the cancer charity and a few weeks later a cheque for £2,000 was sent to the charity's Norfolk office.

An act of kindness

A spokeswoman for Marie Curie Cancer Care said on Wednesday: "It's an absolutely wonderful story which shows that a little kindness can go a long way".

"The cheque arrived at our Norwich office with a letter of explanation which said, 'please pass on my regards to the man who helped me out with small change in the car park'."

David Went, fundraising coordinator for the charity in Norfolk told BBC News Online it was an unusual story.

"She was struggling for change in a car park in the Colegate area, he came to her rescue and when she asked how she could repay him, Mick, as a volunteer for us, suggested she could make a donation.

"I had a telephone conversation with her and explained the work we do providing care for cancer patients and as a result a few weeks later a cheque arrived in the post."

Mr Went said the money was used to help fund the charity's work in Norfolk which costs about £200,000 a year.

He added that the woman wished to remain anonymous.